en Roman Catholic Diocese of Amravati

Diocese of Amravati

*Dioecesis Amravatensis*
Diocese of Amravati; Dioecesis Amravatensis
Location
Country	India
Ecclesiastical province	Nagpur
Metropolitan	Nagpur
Statistics
Area	46,447 km2 (17,933 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2012); 10,930,000; 5,054 (0.0%)
Parishes	19
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	8 May 1955
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Francis Xavier in Amravati
Patron saint	Our Lady of Sorrows; St Francis Xavier
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Malcolm Sequeira
Website
	Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Amravati (Latin: Amravaten(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Amravati in the ecclesiastical province of Nagpur in India.

History

8 May 1955: Established as Diocese of Amravati from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nagpur.

Bishops of Amravati (Latin Rite)
Bishop Malcolm Sequeira
- Bishop-elect Elias Gonsalves (11 July 2012 – 3 Dec2018) now the apostolic administrator of the diocese
- Bishop Lourdes Daniel (8 June 2007 – 11 November 2010); he had also been the Apostolic Administrator of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nashik; he was appointed Bishop of Nashik by Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday, 11 November 2010; at that time he was designated as the temporary Apostolic Administrator of Amravati until the new Bishop was chosen on Wednesday, 11 July 2012
- Bishop Edwin Colaço (12 May 1995 – 20 October 2006)
- Bishop Joseph Albert Rosario, M.S.F.S. (8 May 1955 – 12 May 1995)

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